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Gyökeres and Alvarez on spot as VAR controversy denies Arsenal at Atlético

Arsenal's Eberechi Eze challenged by Atletico Madrid's David Hancko during Champions League semifinal in Madrid.
Eberechi Eze goes down under the challenge of Dávid Hancko to win a penalty, only for it to be overturned by the referee after the intervention of the VAR. Photograph: Jose Breton/AP

It was a see-saw tie, a tale of three penalties; two scored, one by each team and a third given and then taken away, the most dramatic momentum shift inside a couple of minutes towards the end, the incident that stood to redefine the tie suddenly rubbed out.

It was a night when the controversy pulsed and if it lacked the beauty of Paris Saint-Germain versus Bayern Munich from the other Champions League semi-final first-leg it still had drama; knife-edge tension.

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